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I have to agree with Korith, the best place to find plants is the Swap n Shop on plantedtank.net If you post a WTB(Want to Buy) post, you will usually have someone respond within a day. You can even post a desired package and you'll find many people with those exact plants.

Many people on the SNS have high light, high CO2 tanks which means lots of growth and lots of stuff to get rid of. Most of my plants came from there and never had a problem.

I went to plantedtank.net and posted that I was looking to buy some plants. I did get some people who responded. I did business with one woman. The plants were not all that great. They were so so. She gave me some extras but I wound up spending $28 and the quality of the plants were not that of someone who grows thriving plants. In addition, her plants were covered with those slimy gelatinous snail beds which I thought I got rid of but one of my tanks wound up with all those nasty snails.

I went to e-bay and spent about $56 and got 6 or 7 times more plants. I basically spent twice the money but I got SOOO much more and no snail issues and the plant quality was high end and the plants were in great shape. The ebay seller has her own site and it's called: